True enough, but "reasonable" is open to a lot of interpretation. In many cases, 3% (say, $6 for a $200 item) could be considered reasonable.
chris On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > ebay told me personally that you are not allowed > to charge ANY fees over the final bid price except > "reasonable" shipping an handling fees. Why? Because > ebay doesnt get their commission on any fees over > the final bid. Say you had a $1000 item, if you > charged $900 shipping and handling, the bidding would only > get to $100, ebay would get screwed. > JCO > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Brogden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 9:39 PM > > To: 'Pentax-Discuss' > > Subject: Re: FS: MZ-S, KX, lots of lenses > > > > > > > > Agreed... but what's your point? I'm saying that there's no way to prove > > guilt if a seller imposes a handling charge on a sale. Provided they find > > out that a buyer is paying with PayPal before quoting a S&H price, there's > > no way to prove that they're adding the S&H charge only because the buyer > > is using PayPal. > > > > chris > > > > > > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Paul Franklin Stregevsky wrote: > > > > > Chris Brogden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > "It's true that they don't allow it, but, realistically, all > > the seller has > > > to say is that it's not a PayPal fee but a handling fee... and it's now > > > raised to 5%. :)" > > > > > > Chris, > > > The rule isn't, "Thou shalt not tack a fee onto the purchase," > > but "You may > > > not charge PayPal users more than those who pay by other means." > > > >
